The Observatory of Refugee and Migration Crisis in the Aegean presents a collection of announcements and articles from the local, national and international press about the arrest of members of the Emergency Response Center International (ERCI) NGO in Lesvos on 28 August 2018

Building on the work initiated by the Commission in 2015, European leaders agreed on the need to work towards an agreement on reforming the Common European Asylum System by the end of June 2018. Six months have passed since then. Significant progress has been made and almost all elements of the asylum reform — 5 out of 7 legislative proposals are advancing very well in trilogue discussions with the European Parliament and Council...